RADIATION FOUND ABOVEGROUND NEAR WIPP

Some radioactive elements were discovered in a filter located at an access road aboveground at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, the Department of Energy said last night. This comes after last Friday officials said that an underground air monitor at WIPP detected…

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SRS resumes shipping remote-handled TRU waste to WIPP

The Department of Energy has sent its first shipment of remote-handled transuranic waste since 2009 from the Savannah River Site in South Carolina to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) using a new shipping container. Remote-handled waste is more radioactive… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]